When it is cold it’s especially important to make sure there’s water for the animals and birds in your garden because a lot of water might have turned into ice. If the water in your bird baths turns into ice you need to smash it. You can use a stone to smash it and youContinue reading “Helping Wildlife in Cold Weather”
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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2021
Today we did the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch happens on the last weekend in January every year. This year it is January 29th, 30th and 31st. You have to count the birds in your garden for one hour. You count the most of each kind of bird you see atContinue reading “RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2021”
Homemade Bird Feeder Update
Birds have been eating out of the homemade bird feeders we made! Here are three videos. The first video is two blue tits eating off the log bird feeder. Here is the second video. This is on the coconut feeder and a blue tit and a great tit come. And here is a video ofContinue reading “Homemade Bird Feeder Update”
Homemade Bird Feeders
This weekend, we have made some bird feeders. We found a log and sawed a bit off. We drilled some big holes into the bit we sawed off and we drilled some littler holes and poked some sticks in to make perches. We drilled another hole all the way through at the top and weContinue reading “Homemade Bird Feeders”
Helping The Planet At Christmas
People are kind to each other at Christmas BUT at Christmas you often aren’t very kind to the planet! Did you know, an extra 30% of rubbish is produced and thrown away over Christmas compared with the rest of the year? That’s about 3 million tonnes of extra waste! This article is about some waysContinue reading “Helping The Planet At Christmas”
BSBI New Year Plant Hunt
Today, we took part in the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) New Year Plant Hunt. We had to spend up to three hours looking for flowering wild plants. When we saw any we had to take a photograph and submit it using a form on the New Year Plant Hunt website. The NewContinue reading “BSBI New Year Plant Hunt”
Better Protection For Hedgehogs
I am going to tell you about how you can help get better protection for hedgehogs. A Bill called the Environment Bill is going through Parliament at the moment. A Bill is a new law that they’re thinking about getting made. While it’s going through Parliament, MPs can suggest changes to it called amendments. WithContinue reading “Better Protection For Hedgehogs”
A Christmas Tree for the Birds
On Christmas Eve, we decorated a tree in our garden to make a Christmas tree for the birds. We put lard, bird seeds, sunflower hearts, grated cheese and oats in a bowl and we mixed it up. Then we used Christmas biscuit cutters to make it into shapes. We made some gingerbread men, some starsContinue reading “A Christmas Tree for the Birds”
Hedgehog Highways: The Board Game
I have made a new board game called Hedgehog Highways. It is about how to look after hedgehogs in your garden. You have to be a hedgehog and go through the gardens on the board looking for food, water and a mate and then get back to your home garden. But beware! In some ofContinue reading “Hedgehog Highways: The Board Game”
End Sewage Pollution
Did you know untreated sewage is getting released into rivers and the sea? Sewage is dirty water which might have wees and poos or harmful chemicals in it! It is released through Combined Sewer Overflows, which are supposed to be used for emergencies when it rains loads and loads but they’re being used all theContinue reading “End Sewage Pollution”
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